Poppulo Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Poppulo
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Poppulo products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Poppulo over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Poppulo.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Poppulo 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.037% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.076% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £393 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - -
75th Percentile £418 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £405 £475 £526
% change year-on-year -14.74% -9.74% -

All Vendors
Midlands

Poppulo falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,323 1,260 1,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 49.20% 46.41% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 862 804 992
10th Percentile £235 £250 £210
25th Percentile £360 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 30 45
10th Percentile £15.86 £12.75 £12.20
25th Percentile £18.51 £14.74 £14.52
Median hourly rate £25.15 £17.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.94% -15.00% +13.90%
75th Percentile £31.00 £40.74 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.16% +83.35%

Poppulo
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Poppulo as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Poppulo in the Midlands

Poppulo
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Poppulo within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 1 £405 -
Poppulo
England

Poppulo
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Excel Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Telephony Analyst
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft